“I have felt as you have,” the Queen said. “I have doubted and despaired. I have known my soul to be wicked, and I have searched in scripture for the comfort that you found. I have been alone, bereft, but I know now that in solitude we find our way, and in learning, and in God’s word. Do not be surprised,” she added, “to hear that I have also searched for truth and certainty, and I have found them rarer and more precious than pearls.”
The journey. The walk. We all go on it.
